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Nvidia Corp. has reached an extraordinary milestone, briefly hitting a $4 trillion market capitalization on Wednesday, solidifying its position as the world’s most valuable semiconductor company and a key force behind the ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.
Shares of Nvidia surged to an all-time high of $164.42, gaining as much as 2.8% intraday and ultimately closing the day up 1.8%, valuing the company at $3.97 trillion. This meteoric rise puts Nvidia ahead of tech giants like Apple and Microsoft in terms of growth pace, as it becomes the fastest company in history to grow from $1 trillion to $4 trillion in market value—achieving the feat in just over a year.
AI Dominance Fuels Nvidia’s Growth
Shares of Nvidia surged to an all-time high of $164.42, gaining as much as 2.8% intraday and ultimately closing the day up 1.8%, valuing the company at $3.97 trillion. This meteoric rise puts Nvidia ahead of tech giants like Apple and Microsoft in terms of growth pace, as it becomes the fastest company in history to grow from $1 trillion to $4 trillion in market value—achieving the feat in just over a year.
AI Dominance Fuels Nvidia’s Growth
Nvidia’s stock has surged over 22% year-to-date, with a massive 74% rebound from its April lows, powered by relentless demand for its AI-optimized graphics processing units (GPUs). These high-performance chips are essential to the development of large language models (LLMs), generative AI tools, and enterprise-scale data centers, making Nvidia the backbone of the global AI infrastructure.
Financial analysts attribute the company’s unprecedented rise to a seismic shift in enterprise and cloud computing investments toward AI. "It highlights the fact that companies are shifting their asset spend in the direction of AI, and it’s pretty much the future of technology," said Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth.
Nvidia Becomes the Top Weight on S&P 500
Now carrying the largest weightage on the S&P 500, Nvidia’s performance has become a bellwether for both tech stocks and broader market sentiment. Despite a slow start to the year, partially due to competitive pressure from Chinese AI firms like DeepSeek, Nvidia has regained investor confidence at record pace.
As AI continues to dominate global tech narratives, Nvidia’s $4 trillion valuation cements its leadership in shaping the next era of innovation—and shows no signs of slowing down.
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